Portable holder for films and illustrated-song outfits.



' Y E. E. WAGNER. PORTABLE HOLDER FOR FILMS AND ILLUSTRATED SONG OUTFITS.

' APPLIOATION IILED'J}AN.14,41909.

' 940,757. Patented N0 v.2 3, 1909.

EMANUEL n. WAGNER, or LAMAR, MISSOURI.

PORTABLE HOLDER FOR FILMS AND ILLUSTRATED-SONG- OUTFITS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented NovQ2-3, 1909.

Application filed January 14, 1909. Serial No. 472,334.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMANUEL E. WVAGNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lamar, in the county of Barton and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Portable Holder for Films and Illustrated- Song Outfits, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to holders for moving picture films, picture slides and music for use in connection therewith, such articles being required by singers of illustrated songs. Heretofore it has been difficult to conveniently and safely carry these articles to and from the place of performance.

The object of the present invention is toprovide a compact holder in which the articles enumerated can be compactly and safely stored, said holder being so constructed as to prevent the admission of moisture to the interior thereof and to prevent injury to the contents as the result of careless handling of the holder.

A further object is to provide a cover for the holder which is designed to be secured in closed position in a new and novel manner.

lVith these and other objects in View the invention consists of certain novel details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings :-Figure 1 is a plan view of a holder embodying the present improvements, a portion of the cover being removed and one end of the bail or handle being shown, by dotted lines, out of its normal position. Fig. 2 is a central transverse section through the holder, and showing the bail or handle in elevated position. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the tray removed from the holder.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates a cylindrical receptacle formed of sheet metal or any other suitable material, the internal diameter of which is preferably slightly greater than the diameter of a reel 2 designed to hold a moving picture film. This reel is of the ordinary type, and has been indicated in section 111 Fig. 2. A circular tray 3 is designed to be placed within the body 1 of the holder and has upstanding strips 4 thereon forming receptacles 5, 6 and 7 upon the tray, and one of which is designed to receive felt pads or other suitable packing material, while the other compartments are designed to hold picture slides upon which the pads are designed to be placed while the slides are not in use.

The closure of the body consists of a disk 8 having an annular flange 9 designed to eX- tend around the top of the body, said disk 8 being provided on its inner face with a lining 10 of wood or other suitable material and to which are secured parallel cleats 11 constituting supports for a disk 12. The compartment formed between said disk and the lining 10 and between the cleats 11 forms a music holder and has been indicated at 13 in Fig. 1. WVhen the closure is in position upon the body the disk 12 will rest upon the strips 4 as shown in Fig. 2 and displacement of any of the contents of the holder is thus positively prevented.

Ears 14: are secured to the body 1 at diametrically opposed points and extend above the top of said body, each ear being provided with a transverse slot 15. The two slots are disposed to receive the inturned ends 16 of a bail 17, said ends being bent upon themselves to form enlarged heads 18, the distance between each head and the adjoining portion of the bail being slightly greater than the thickness of the car.

When it is desired to use the holder herein described the bail 17 is swung into lowered position with the heads 18 parallel with the closure 8. Said bail is then sprung outwardly at its ends and the heads 18 are free to move out of the transverse slots 15. The closure 8 can then be lifted from the holder and the tray 3 removed. A reel containing a picture film can then be placed upon the bottom of the holder, as shown at 2 in Fig. 2, after which the tray 3 can be placed in position and the compartments 6 and 7 filled with picture slides, the pads being removed from the compartment 5 for insertion upon the slides. The music to accompany the film and slides is then placed in the compartment 13 of the closure, after which said closure is placed on the body with its flange 9 surrounding the same. The bail 17 is then placed in a position to permit the insertion of the heads 18 into slots 15, after which said bail is swung upwardly as shown in Fig. 2. The heads 18 will thus assume positions upon the closure 8 and prevent it from being removed from the body, and, obviously, the said heads will also be held against withdrawal from the ears 14 because they are thus arranged out of register with the transverse slots 15. Vith the various articles thus housed the device can be conveniently carried without danger of injury to its contents, either as a result of rough usage or inclemency of the weather. The device also constitutes an efficient means for holding the articles mentioned while being shipped from place to place, and the cost of transportation is obviously reduced to the minimum because of the compact nature and the lightness of the holder.

By referring to the drawings it will be seen that the heads 18 are provided with small apertures 19. These apertures are designed to receive wires which may be utilized for sealing the holder while in transit.

Obviously various changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of the parts without departing from the spirit or sacrificing the advantages of the present invention.

What is claimed is In a device of the class described, a body,

diametrically opposed ears extending from the body and having transverse slots, a closure upon the body and having an annular flange extending therearound and between the ears and body, a bail having inturned terminals slidably and revohIbly mounted within the slots, and an enlarged end upon each terminal and removable through the slots only when the bail is in a predetermined relation to the closure, said ears and said terminals cooperating to limit the lateral movement of the terminals relative to the closure and to hold said terminals in contact with said closure, there being fastener receiving apertures in the enlarged ends of the terminals.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiiXed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

EMANUEL E. WVAGNER.

Witnesses CHAS. B. EDWARDS, W. O. BASSETT. 

